Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (T.M.N.T. トーナメントファイターズ), known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Tournament Fighters in Europe, is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Konami. It is a fighting game mostly based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series rather than the popular television series. A game of the same name was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super Nintendo, but this game is not a port of either version.

Gameplay

The game plays like a standard Street Fighter II' inspired game. Up jumps and pressing away from an opponent will block oncoming attacks. Unlike most Street Figher II' inspired fighters, only three buttons are used; punch, kick, and taunt. Stronger punches or kicks are triggered by holding the directional pad towards the opponent while pressing the button. Combinations of buttons can be used to unleash special moves. Desperation moves are available and do massive damage but can only be used when the life bar is flashing.

Some levels feature destructable scenery which grants access to new areas of the level when destroyed. A similar feature was incorporated in Mortal Kombat 3 and it's later versions.

Modes

There are four game modes available

  • 1 Player (Arcade single player mode)
  • 2 Player (Two player vs. mode)
  • Tournament (Fight 88 battles)
  • Practice (Single player practice mode)

Characters

Most characters are featured in the comics, however Sisyphus is an original character that never appeared in the series before this game.

  • Playable
    • Leonardo
    • Donatello
    • Raphael
    • Michelangelo
    • Casey Jones
    • Ray Fillet
    • April O'Neil
    • Sisyphus (Original character)
  • Non-Playable
    • Triceraton
    • Krang's Android
    • Karai

Production credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #52: "November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)[1]
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #146: "January 1994" (1993-12-15)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №27
81 №144, p97[6]
83 №53, p34/35[7]
42 №12, p62/63
75 №51
81 №25, p100/101/102
78 №17, p26/27
57 №15, p42
83 №7, p36/37
78 №24, p48/49/50
79 №14, p112-114[8]
80 №37, p124/125
54 №49, p64/65
89 №26, p66/67
68 №6, p34/35[9]
Sega Mega Drive
74
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[10]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
67
[11]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[12]
Consoles + (FR)
85
[13]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[14]
Computer & Video Games (UK) NTSC
81
[6]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT) NTSC-J
81
[15]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
84
[16]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
54
[17]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[18]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5 (RU)
80
[19]
Freak (IL)
79
[20]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
69
[21]
Game Power (IT) PAL
70
[22]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
72
[23]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[24]
Hyper (AU)
75
[25]
Joker (SI)
74
[26]
Joypad (FR) PAL
81
[27]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
80
[28]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
78
[29]
Mega (UK) PAL
57
[30]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
83
[31]
Mega Force (FR)
89
[32]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
80
[33]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
64
[34]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
78
[35]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
79
[8]
Player One (FR)
80
[36]
Power Unlimited (NL)
60
[37]
Secret Service (PL)
55
[38]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
54
[39]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[40]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
68
[9]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
76
[41]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[42]
Todo Sega (ES)
89
[43]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[44]
Video Games (DE) PAL
73
[45]
Sega Mega Drive
72
Based on
40 reviews

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
TMNT Tournament MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US (alt)

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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
TMNTTF MD JP manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AS

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Cart

References

  1. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 2
  2. Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 71
  3. Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 131
  4. Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 15
  5. Computer & Video Games, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 97
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 144.pdf, page 97 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 144.pdf_p97" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:GamePro US 053.pdf, page 35 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 053.pdf_p35" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf, page 112 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf_p112" defined multiple times with different content
  9. 9.0 9.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 06.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 06.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  10. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 239
  11. Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1994" (DE; 1994-01-10), page 63
  12. Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1993" (JP; 1993-11-08), page 26
  13. Consoles +, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 162
  14. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 230
  15. Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 68
  16. Digitiser (UK) (1994-01-27)
  17. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 49
  18. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 363
  19. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5, "" (RU; 200x-xx-xx), page 245
  20. Freak, "1/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  21. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 1 January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  22. Game Power, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 64
  23. Game Informer, "January/February 1994 TMNT Pull-out" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 10
  24. Hippon Super, "December 1993" (JP; 1993-11-02), page 43
  25. Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  26. Joker, "Julij/Avgust 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 24
  27. Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 100
  28. MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 56
  29. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-1x-xx), page 26
  30. Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 42
  31. Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 36
  32. Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 102
  33. Mega Fun, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-24), page 86
  34. Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 75
  35. MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 48
  36. Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 124
  37. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 26
  38. Secret Service, "Grudzień 1996" (PL; 1996-12-01), page 62
  39. Sega Power, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-xx), page 64
  40. Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 66
  41. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 166
  42. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  43. Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 36
  44. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 198
  45. Video Games, "12/93" (DE; 1993-11-22), page 108



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